Metal wheel



w. BARBER. METAL WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. I8. 1919.

Patented Aug. 3', 1920.

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` ATTORNEY W. BARBER.

METAL WHEEL.

APPUcAToN HLED FEB. 18. 1919.

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f5 fy w MTM CRNEY PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM BARBER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

METAL Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Aug. 3, 1920.

Application filed February 18, i919. Serial lilo. 277,806.

To all wrmt may concern.'

Be it known that ,1, WILLIAM BARBER, a citizen of the l United States, residing at Brooklyn, county of Kings, State of New York, have made a certain new and useful Invention in Metal VVheels, of which the fellowing is a specification.

This invention relates to metal wheels, and particularly wheels constructed of sheet steel stampings.

The object of the invention is to provide a metal wheel for vehicles such as automobiles, which is simple in structure, economi cal to manufactura and strong, durable, rugged and eflicient in use, and which can be easily applied to, or removed from the hub structure.

A further and important object of my in vention is to provide a structure of metal wheel which can be quickly and easily applied to the hubs at present in use for wood spoked wheels, in replacement ot, or substitution for the present wood spoked wheel.

A further object of the invention is to provide a metal wheel of the character referred to with a detachable rim.

Other objects of the invention will appear more fully hereinafter.

The invention consists substantially in the construction, combination, location, and relative arrangement of parts, all as will be more fully hereinafter set forth, as shown in the accompanying (lrav'ings, and finally pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, and to the various views and reference numerals appearing thereon,

Figure l is a view in central section through a metal wheel structure embodying the principles of my invention, and showing the application thereof to a hub structure of a familiar and well known type employing wooden spokes, said spokes having heenre-A moved and replaced by the metal wheel of' my invention.

Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation of the wheel with the driving flange and cap re moved.

Fig. 3 is a detached broken detail view in perspective of the spreader.

Figq is a broken view in side elevation of the spreader. A y j Fig is a broken detail view in section on the line 5, 5, Fig. Qof the tire retaining Vclip showing the manner of applying and assembling the same.

invention.

Fig; G is a broken view in section on the line 6, 6, Fig. l.

Fig. 7 is a detached broken View in cen-- trai section of the wheel body plates or disks.

Fign 8 is a view similar to Fig. 5 showing a slightly modified arrangement.

The same part is designated by the same reference. numeral wherever it occurs.

The adoption and use et sheet steel or metal disk wheels has been greatly retarded. because of 'the greater cost therehf over the wood spoked wheel. Another difficulty heretofore experienced in the manufacture and use of metal wheels is that they have usually been made heavy and more or less cumbersome, to secure sufficient strength, and in making them heavy and'cumbersome a desir-able degree of resiliency is lost. lt is among the special purposes olj my present invention to avoid these, and other ohjec tions inherent in metal wheels, and to produce a metal wheell which is lighter and cheaper to manufacture than the vordinary wooden wheel and which secures greater strength, durabilityy and ruggedness, and a desirable degree of resiliency. lt .is also among the special objects oi my invention to provide a metal wheel of' the 4character referred to which can be easily ands readily applied to any ordinary wheel hub, such, for example, as the wheel hub now or hereto- Jfore employed for wooden wheels, by simply removing the wooden wheels from their hubs and replacing them with metal wheels embodying my invention.

In the drawing, for illustration purposes, l have shown my invention applied to the ordinary Iwooden wheel hub ola Dodge car but in this respect I do not desire to be limited, as a metal wheel of my invention is equally well adapted to the wheel hub of any type or make of car.

Reference numeral l0, designates the wheel shaft or axle. which, in this particular' instance, and for illustration purposes, is ot the floating type. Upon the end of the axle or the sleeve (not shown) in which the axle turns, is mounted the hub ll, the brake wheel l2, the driving flange i3, and the cap ll, all oi' which are of the usual and well known structure and :torni no part oi my As they Ialso lrorm no part of my invention i have omitted the floating .axle sleeve and the ball bearings interposed between the saine and the bore ot thehuh.

ends of the spokes are received, in the case of the ordinary structure of wooden wheels. ln accordance with my invention, the wooden spokes are removed from the hub and a metal wheel embodying my invention is applied thereto. This wheel structure consistsl of two disks 18, 19, stamped up out of thin sheet steel. One of these disks 18.. is stamped out with a central bore to slip over theA exterior surface of the hub 11,'

and is formed with a radial portion in the region of its ce`ntei'wl1ich lies in a vertical plane transverse to the axis of the central bore thereof/and which radial plane portion bears against the radial flange 15 of said hub. While this disk is shown as a plain disk, it may be slightly dished radially from the central ,f plane portion thereof if desired. T he other disk 19 is stamped up with a laterally'extending flange 20 at the centerthereof which flange forms a tubular central bore therefor which is received on the hub 11, the end of said boreabuts against the radial flange 15 of the hub or the inner surface of the disk 18, adj acent the bore thereof, while a radial portion of the disk 19 in the region yof its center lies in a vertical transverse plane and bears against the side surface of the brake Wheel 12. The disks 18, 19 are thus received in the annular channel before occupied by the wooden spokes, and may be retained and secured therein by the bolts 16'. If desired a spreader may be interposed between the disks 18, 19, at any suitable point. l have shown a simple structure of spreader consisting of rings 21, 22 stamped out of thin sheet metal and each formed at one edge'thereof with lips which are respectively bent in opposite `directions with respect to each other and at right angles to the plane ofthe ring and forni feet or flanges to bear 'against the opposed inner surfaces of the disks 18, 19. The two rings 2l, 22, are nested the one in the other, the lips of one ring bearing against the disk 18, and those of the other bearing against the disk 19.

The disk 19 is shown dished radially and the peripheral. edges of the two disks are brought flatwise against each other and are secured together, to these edges are applied the rim 25. Any suitable structure 'for receiving 'and securing the rim in place may be employed. l have devised and shown a simple structure for this purpose which permits the rim and wheel to be quickly. readily and easily demounted or applied. his consists of a ring 26, of angular shape in cross section, one edge 27, thereof, being outturned and coperating With clips 28 to receive and detaahably clamp the rim 25 therebetween. The clips 28 are carried by bolts 29. l lt is desirable to so connect the clip and its boltl as to permit the clip to be clamped firmly in place to secure the Wheel rim by turning up on the bolt, While l.permitting the clip yto swing or rock out of clamping position when -the bolt is loosened, to permit the rim to be removed. To accomplish this I .form the bolt within a recess or chamber 31 formed in the body of the clip, the metal of the clip body being then forced in, as indicated at 34e, at the edge of the recess 3l, to retain the flange in said recess. A spring washer is interposed between the flange 30 and the wall of the recess and serves to keep the parts assembled.-

The clip bolts 29 pass through the clips and thedisks 18, 19, and the angular flange 32 of ring 26, and are threaded into nuts 33 which are secured to the outer surface of the angular flange 32. .By tightening up the bolts 29 in their nuts 33, the parts are clamped together, and by loosening up on the bolts the rim is released. and can be de mounted.

In Fig. 8 1 have shown a slightly modiiied arrangement wherein the rim engaging member35 is formed with the upturned edge 36, corresponding With the upturned edge 27 of the member 26 above described. The member 35, of Fig. '8, however, is rolled with a radially disposed flange 37, which is disposed to lie llatWise against the side of the peripheral edge of the disk 19. Beyond the radial flange 37, the member 35 formed with an extension 38 which is bent over the peripheral edge of the disk 18, thereby ein# bracing the edges ofthe disks 18, 19 betweend the bent over extension 38 andthe radial flange 37,01E member 35. The clip 2S and securing bolt 29 are of the same structure and are applied and operated in the same manner in the arrangement shown in Fig. 8 as in that above described With reference to Figs. 1 and 5.

.From the foregoing description it will be seen that I provide an exceedingly simple metal or. disk Wheel structure, and which has but few parts and these of such character as to be manufactured with great economy. At the Sametime a light, but strong, durable and rugged wheel is produced, and which possesses a desired degree of resiliency. A metal Wheel of this structure is well adapted for application quickly and easily to the hubs at presentin use for wooden wheels Sothat the wooden` spokes may be removed therefrom and replaced by a metal wheel of my invention without change inthe hub structure and without dis.- turbing or altering any of the other parts of the hub mounting.`

spreader device including ring members interposed between said disks and having lip portions at their edges to tit against the opposed surfaces ot said disks, the peripheral edge portions of said disks being brought together fiatwise against each other and secured together.

sheet steel wheel structure adapted for application to ordinary hubs, consisting ot' a pair of sheet metal disks having central bores toi'iit upon the hub and spaced apart tromeach other at their centers and provided with means adapted to effect a positive connection with the hub.

3. i sheet steel Wheel structure adapted 1for application to ordinary hubs, consisting bores to fit upon the hub and spaced apart from each other at their centers and provided With means adapted to effect a positive connection with the hub, said disks being brought together tlatwise adjacent their 3 peripheries.

4L. In a metal Wheel, a hub sleeve extending completely through the center thereof and provided with an upturned flange on the exterior surface thereof to form 3 one side ot a circular channel, a pair ot sheet metal disks fitting into sind channel and positively secured therein, a spreading device linterposed between said disks at the central portion thereof, the peripheral edges 4 of said disks being brought together into contact with each other and' secured together substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand on this `11th day of February, 4 A. D. 1919,

WILLIAM Bienne.. 

